Button.



No. 763,512 PATENTBD JUNE 28, 1904. G. SCHMIDT.

BUTTON.

APPLIOATION FILED JULY 24, 1903.

Tm: uo nnls PETERS 00., Puo'raumu. \MSNINGTON, n. c.

Patented June 28, 1904.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CARL SCHMIDT, OF WIESBADEN, GERMANY.

BUTTON. I

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0."763,512, dated June 28,1904. Application iiled July 24, 1903. Serial No. 166,876- (No model.)

To all whom/it may concern:

Be it known that I, CARL SCHMIDT, a subject of the German Emperor, and aresident of WViesbaden, Germany, have invented a certain new and usefulImprovement in Buttons, of which the following is a description.

The object of the present invention relates to a button the fasteningwhereof is obtained by means of a metal wire twisted and placed insidethe button.

A species of this invention is given by way of example in the annexeddrawings, in which Figure 1 is a cross-section of the button before themetal wire is twisted. Fig. 2 shows a similar section, but after thewire is twisted. Fig. 3 is a sectional View of a detail. Figs. 4. and 5show a side and a plan view of the plate provided with two metal wires.

A truncated and cylindrical portion 0 (shown in detail in Fig. 3) isarranged in the bottom part of an ordinary metal button made in twoparts, a hollow top section or cup (4 and a perforated base-section 6.This portion 0 can turn freely inside the button a b. To the center ofthe top cup a of the hollow button the metal wire cl is fixed, andprojecting toward the inside passes through the bottom 0 by a centralhole 0, Fig. 3. Upon the right and left of this spindle and at equaldistances from the same the cup a is provided upon each side with a hole0. These holes are directly opposite two holes f f of a correspondingsize made in the bottom of the piece 0. When it is required to fastenthe button, the usual three needles are replaced by a pointed fork madeof metal wire fixed upon a metal plate It. This fork g is pushed throughthe material a of the garment from the inside toward the outside. Theprojecting ends are first placed in the holes f, then in the holes 6, soas to cause them to project from the cup a of the button. Then byturning the button a 7) the branches 9 of the fork wind round the centerspindle, and thus cause the fixture of the button upon the disk h andupon the material. the branches g of the fork being shortened whilebeing wound upon the pin d, their ends finish by entering inside thebutton, thereby leaving the surface of the same perfectly smooth. 1

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

A button comprising a perforated base-section, a hollow top sectionrevolubly secured to said base-section and having perforations adaptedto register with two of the perforations in the base-section, a centralspindle secured to the inner part of the revoluble section and havingits opposite end engaging with a central perforation in thebase-section, a disk provided with projecting wires adapted to passthrough the fabric and also through perforations in the base-section andthe revoluble section, whereby a turning of the revoluble section willcause said wires to be coiled around the central spindle and the endsthereof to be drawn into the hollow button portion, substantially asdescribed.

CARL SCHMIDT.

In presence of- H. W. LINGEL, HENRY HOLLMANN.

Owing to.

